The 2022, Drum Corps International, Fred Sanford Best Percussion Performance Award winners doing one final run through of their book in the lot before DCI Finals on 08/13/22
What amazes me is how clean they play during lots without the use of the hands or a metronome! They absolutely smoked everyone else out this year in terms of percussion. I'd even say they were better than Vanguard this year! Btw, we will miss you SCV, come back soon!
Wait… you know that drum lines definitely aren’t using the drum major as a means to play in time right? It’s more of an alignment thing for the whole corps.
Reminds me of those Cavies books from the turn of the century... pure groove, relentlessly tasty, and full of confident simplicity... and of course cleaner than a dinner plate at a homeless shelter.
@@Will-train right, that's why I said technically shortened. I know Boston is usually BAC, but I don't typically see an abbreviation for Bluecoats. I guess BC would be logical, but I don't see it a lot.
Guys that was gangster as hell!!! Tight, you guys are like machines, lol Your all gonna kill when you step up to other crews, let the drum battles begin!!!!
Bluecoats basses always sound amazing imo. Too bad they're switching to tama. But the new tama marching drums sounds a lot better than the old ones. *correction, the tama drums sound great. And I'm very excited for what they do with them!
It makes me wonder. Does anyone commenting on these videos actually attend DCI FINALS ; or go for all three nights. So, they are not defining and determining, then coming to a conclusion what they have listen to just from listening in the lot !! If you haven't listened live in person for all three nights at DCI FINALS you cannot make a judgement.
Everything is fast and rammed .... just not musical in my opinion. I'm convinced if DCI had to play the Star Bangled Anthem ... it would have to be at 160 bpm.
@@justincoffey8718 Your comment makes literally no sense. If his books were the most musical, the battery alone would be musical without the pit or the ... amplified brass and electronics. Sigh. DCI isn't musical anymore. Its all about who can play the hardest licks without regard to musicality. This is precisely why DCI sucks now and isn't interesting.
@@JohnSmith-zi9or I don't understand what doesn't make sense. The battery and pit books are written to complement the horn book. The battery book is only one facet of the work as a whole; how they all fit together into a coherent presentation is what's important. What makes Rarick's books so musical is that they aren't 12 minutes of ram. There's a logic and a flow, and a sort of playfulness to them, and they incorporate all the possible textures of the various drums. They aren't balls-out aggressive or hyper-technical. You don't have to like or even appreciate any of it, but if you're going to complain that there's too many notes in a battery book, a Bloo video is not the place to do so.
@@justincoffey8718 I just rewatched the video just to make sure I didn't miss anything. According to my BPM counter, I think every fucking song they played was 178BPM. It's the same shit rammed out over and over and over. Musicality? Bullshit. These shows are all about harder and faster because that is what wins, not musicality and entertainment. Listen, this video will receive maybe a 50-100 thousands views in its lifetime. A sloppy playing drumline in Europe (Top Secret) will get MILLIONS of views per video. There's a reason. And ya'll just don't get it. Keep playing that high tempo crap.
@@JohnSmith-zi9or You completely ignored what I said about how to gauge musicality. Plus, you're the only one here complaining that the tempos are too fast. You don't have to like anything you don't like, but you aren't going to be validated here for your opinion. So just go listen to something that's more your speed, okay?
